Pervious School/Club: Played basketball and tennis at Warren County...Was NCC first team All-Conference and Defensive Player of the Year in 2006...Made 2005 North Carolina AA state championship game...Averaged 12.6 and eight rebounds per game in high school...Had 17 points and 11.7 rebounds per game at Laurinburg Prep....Played for Raleigh's Finest club team and won the Main Event Tournament in Las Vegas, Nev.

Personal: Born on Oct. 19, 1987 in Warrenton, N.C....Son of Ronald and Janet Mayes...Has two sisters, Sharonda and Shakia, and three brothers, Ronald, Rodney (who plays professional basketball in Europe) and Jamar...Major is Health and Exercise Science...Plans after graduation include coaching college basketball and/or being a professor... Favorite movie is "Coming to America"...Personal athletic goal for the season is to win a MEAC championship.